Monday, June 10th, 2024

Episode Transcript

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This is HUES Radio seven forty ktRH Houston Drive Everywhere with the IRM,
the exclusive audio home of NBC's coverageof the twenty twenty four Paris Olympics.
Now the latest news, weather,and traffic. It's more of what matters
to you from the John Morris ServicesStudios. Happy Monday, five am is

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our time here on Houston's Morning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett along with Sheriff Fryer
Bunger Top Stores. As we getstarted this morning, Trump in Vegas calling
for Biden to get tested. Howimportant will Trump's VP pick b And coming
up at five oh eight, thenew must have feature for Houston Mansion details
in the minutes ahead on Houston's MorningNews. First, we're checking out that

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Morning Drive for the first time.Happy Monday, Sky Mike, Happy Monday,
everybody. We've got it. Inwest Brookshire fourteen eighty nine roadwork that's
supposed to be clearing any moment now, I do want to call it clear,
and Joe, I know for sureforty five north that roadwork at westbound
Houston XT they finished started. Whata disaster. That's clear now, obviously,
and that cleared a little earlier yesterdaythe rest of our freeways rocking along

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for a Monday. I'm Skymike itsGenerator Supercenter, dot Com traffic Center from
our KTRH top tax defenders twenty fourhour weather center today partly clouding forty percent
chance of with an afternoon shower atthunderstorm hi temperature right about ninety. We'll
get Terry Smith in here with anupdate on your forecast in about eight minutes.
Right now, temperature is seventy nineat your official severe weather station,

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News Radio seven forty KTRH. Itis time now for the news. Here's
Sheriff Fryar and good morning everyone.It is now five oh one on news
Radio seven forty KTRH. Our topstory this hour. He should have a
cognitive test, and before the debatein two weeks he should take a drug
test, because I'm will leave totag for him. Donald Trump rallying with

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more than twenty thousand supporters in LasVegas yesterday where the wind blew over the
teleprompter and he spoke for more thanan hour anyway, And then there was
note card Joe Biden ending his tripto France with yet another gaff. We
had to wait all those months justto get the money for a wreck because
we were waiting. I mean,it's not who we are. Biden confusing

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Iraq with Ukraine. He should havesaid. The two presidential candidates are supposed
to debate on June twenty seventh.Trump also spent part of the weekend in
deep blue California, large grounds ofsupporters and even voters in Newport Beach coming
out to greet him. As forthe Manhattan guilty verdict against Trump, the
appointed judge Jan Mershaun, informing Trump'slegal team and prosecutors at a Facebook post

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by an alleged cousin of one ofthe jurors, implied that the jury discussed
the verdict in advance. This wasan Alice in Wonderland case with a mad
hatter judge. Yeah, so whathappens now? Mistrial gag orders staying in
effect for what weeks on in throughoutthe summer. Legal analyst Greg Jarrett on

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Fox News, federal gun trial ofHunter Biden resuming this morning with a defense
presenting its case. Will Hunter testify? Probably not, but we'll find out
more on that trial. Five pointthirty. It's now five oh three.
New CBS pulling after the conviction showsthat Trump is still in the lead over
Biden fifty percent of support of likelyvoters. Trump reportedly vetting eight candidates as

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VP, with the convention just overa month away in Milwaukee. When it
comes to making that choice, there'sjust one thing Trump needs to consider.
The true criteria is ken Gammer orher whomever it is helping with. It
really doesn't matter about government, It'sabout winning the election. Political strategist Bill
Miller told k TRH it's still hardto predict who Trump will actually pick.

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He's talking to a lot of people, he's asking for information, so right
now, no short list. Alot of candidates seem to be considered and
bandied about and discussed and whatever,Miller says. Because of how close this
election is, who Trump picks couldinfluence a lot of voters. Ethan Buchanan
News Radio seven forty KRH is nowfive oh four one of those being vetted

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by the campaign. Arkansas Senator TomCotton. I think that he'll make the
right He'll make a choice when he'sready to make that choice. I'm confident
he's gonna make a good choice forthe ticket and the party, more importantly,
for the country. Cotton on FoxNews Sunday. He also called for
a January sixth style investigation into theanti Israel demonstrators in Washington on Saturday.

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It was big, it was loud, one person arrested. Police deployed pepper
spray and smoke flares against the agitators. Here at home, a group of
Texas House Conservatives, including Conro's SteveToath, they could actually be expelled by
the state GOP because they violated thequote Incumbent Protection Program campaign against House Republican

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incumbents who kills school choice and whohelped impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Baxton.
We just got off an election cyclewhere I believed fourteen incumbent laws. Many
of those were people who had theirchallengers endorsed by the governor. These members
were campaigning alongside them for those conservativechallengers, and now they're trying to be
punished for it, punished by supportersof State House Speaker Dade Feelin. Yeah,

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you know, the rhino who wonhis runoff and faces now two challengers
for his speakership. Still got someclout. Also in Austin, the Travis
County DA seeking to overturn Daniel Perry'spardon for killing a BLM writer rioter who
advanced on him pointing a rifle athis face. But the chances of success

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are basically zero considering the governor hasthe right to grant a pardon. This
is a dangerous precedent. So youare trying to overlook or outpower a state
constitution, which is not going tobe successful. Conservative attorney Michelle Maples says
this could lead to other states doingthe same, and this play is solely
due to it being an election year. These people just want to win.

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They just won another notch in theirbelt, and they could care what about
justice. She says, they shouldfocus on making their city safer rather than
political games. Andre Perard News Radioseven forty KTRH, we had another violent
weekend in and around Houston. Detailson that at five point thirty. It's
now five oh six. So HarrisCounty budget director told Commissioner's Court last week

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that this county has a deficit ofnearly one hundred and thirty million dollars next
year. Former GOP candidate for countyJudge Alexandra Mieler says local Democrats they've been
spending too much for too long.There is this kind of poor group of
hardcore progressives that have really controlled ourcity and county. Now that the city's

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broke and the county's broke, allof these issues are coming to a head,
and it's just really a terrible trajectory. Yeah, she says, big
cuts are needed, and there's another big elephant in the room, the
big issue higher appraisals to offset reductionsin property taxes. Mieler will join us
here on Houston's Morning News. It'sseven twenty this morning. Repairs from storms

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in May early June will likely leadto an increase in bills for Centerpoint customers.
Centerpoint Energy's executive VP of Regulatory Servicesand Government Affairs, his name is
Jason Ryan, says overall costs aregoing to be at least one hundred million
dollars. We had to wait allthose months just to get the money for
a wreck and wait because we werewaiting. I mean, it just it

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just it's not who we are.That is not Ryan. Sorry, that
was the President making his gaff again. It is now five eight. The
Astros lose to the Angels ninety seven. They played the Padres in San Diego
tonight. Pregame on Sports Talk sevenninety and here on KTRH as well.
Starting at seven thirty pm, I'mSheriff Fryar on News Radio. Houston's Morning

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News continues with Jimmy Verrett and SheriffFryar. Forget swimming pools, forget home
theaters, forget Butler's poundries, forgetone sellars. If you're going to buy
a luxury home in Houston, thefirst question these days that a byrass does

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it have a whole house generator?Really we've gotten to that point, have
we? Yes, we have.According to a local realtor, her name
is Dede Guggenheim Howes, that's quitea quite a handle. She specializes in
luxury home sales here in Houston.She said, people are really concerned.

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People moving here are really concerned aboutnatural disasters. You know, they still
remember Harvey in all the footage theysaw from Harvey. Hey, when I
moved here right after Harvey, thisfirst thing on my mind. But it
wasn't a whole house generated It wason my mind. It was it was
how far above sea level is thishouse? Was the first thing on my

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mind. But that's what everybody wantsto know now. So if you're looking
for a home, improvement item thatcan probably make your life a lot better.
Right now, investing in a wholehouse generator seems like a good way
to go because that's what people wantwhen they're when they're looking to buy your
house. Does it have not aportable generator? Does it have a whole
house generator that'll automatically come on andgive me power? Because that's what they're

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worried about. How about that fiveto ten time for traffic and weather together.
It is from Spring Creek, That'sit. That's true. Yeah,
topography matters in Houston, Texas abeautiful place, but you know, if
you're a paddler, like a kayakeror a canoe or Spring Creek is probably
the best place in the old southeastcorner of the you know, it's it's
like a beach with a stream inthe middle of it. I can't wait

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to go. All right, let'sdo some freeways. We've got a couple
of stalls here on the North Freeway, PARAMOUNTA southbound, which sounds romantic,
but it's a big r right shoulder. He's just sitting there not bothering anybody.
You've got the other one at justbefore Luetta, and that's on the
outbound side, so nobody's too worriedabout him. I'm a little concerned about
this guy on the north Loop eastboundat Jensen that's just past fifty nine,

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is on the right side. Butand this is a big but it's right
after you're getting off the east textFreeway off that entrance ramp, So let's
watch out and they may tick theright lane. There. Rest of your
freeways rocking along for now, I'mgoing to yield my time the Generator Supercenter
dot Com Traffic Center from r KTRHtop ACS Avenders twenty four hour Weather Center.
We have Terry Smith's standing. Butit looks like a typical summertime forecast

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for this week. You know,it certainly feels like that, with the
possibility of saray today, Tomorrow,Wednesday, and even into Thursday. At
this point. Toward the end ofthe week, though, I think we'll
dry out. So it's an interestingsetup. There's a front stall to the
north. We're going to see acouple of weak disturvices had our way,

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so a forty percent chance of thoseshowers and thunderstorms on this afternoon. A
little bit of he hating of theday I'll help us out as well.
And we've got that forty percent chanceof rain tomorrow afternoon and again Wednesday,
uper eighties to low nineties through midweek. Thursday, we'll start to dry out
a little bit, but still athirty percent chance of rain. Friday,
I think just sunshine and with aless rain, we're going to have a

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little more heat toward the end ofthe week. Temperatures load to mid nineties
Thursday and Friday. Right now,seventy eight. Here at your officials,
Severe Weather Station News Radio seven fortyKTRH. It's Houston's Morning News, brought
to you by New South Windows Solutions. Now back to Jimmy and Shara with
the info you need to take onthe days. A guy by the name

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of Darren Carr. He's at CarTalent Acquisitions and they try to help companies
find talent. He's talking about shortagesfor police officers, but still we have
shortages for truck drivers. And hegot interesting reason as to why we have
that shortage. Right now, they'reless and less drivers are able to yees
in this tool, so the supplyis becoming extremely limited compared to years in

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the past. The driving schools areteaching automatic, So those small companies,
those companies that are hard that arehauling large equipments or heavy materials aren't typically
supported by automatic transmission. So that'sone reason. But the industry is also
slowing to a lot of factors,including favoring the larger companies, which which
are able to provide their own insuranceand are exempt from the fees and the

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taxes and the regulations that the smallercompanies are able to abide by. So
it's pushing out some of the smallermidsized companies. And lastly, the price
of diesel and fuel and et ceterais increasing. Darren, let me quick
ask you about police recruits. Iknow there's a lot of demand. What's
the supply like in this environment?The supply is very limited. The police
departments are very much struggling. There'svery much been a dip in law enforcement

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hiring and applications in the last severalyears. It's always been a problem.
It's a significant trend here in thelast problem. In the last couple of
years. It used to be thatwe had hundreds of people applying for one
position, and now we have ahandful, and a lot of those folk
are qualified, Yeah quickly. Yeah, No, I mean I'm curious too

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about the young generation. Gen Zis being called the tool belt generation.
Do you see that? Yes,I am seeing that they are doing more
trade schools. That's correct and Z. The good news about gen Z and
even the millennials, that's good newsto police departments trained to hire out there,
is that what's important to these generationsis the ability to make a big

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difference in the organization that they're in. Certainly that can be the case and
is the case with law enforcement.So that's one of the ways in which
they're trying to attract those generations.So gen Z is going to trade school
down more. That's a good thing. That's a good thing to see.
I was to all have a policeofficers shortage and qualify people who are applying
for that type of position. Butthe truck driving thing, then the stick

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shift still mystifies me a little bit. You know, the fact that paying
for their own insurance, these bigcompanies here we go with centralized control of
everything. Well, the big guyswin, the guys. You know,
is great to get a tool belt, but who you gonna work for?
I mean, the point is toopen up your own business one day,
you know, to grow it soundslike that. Are you going to be
able to do it in this environmentwhere you can't afford the insurance and everything

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else? Yeah, it sounds likeit's pretty tough to be an independent truck
driver. Right now, let's takea look at traffic and whether together we're
checking out the drive once again.This can drive a stick right, Yeah?
Absolutely? This guy get write incursive? Yes, like superpowers.
That's right. I can read theDeclaration of Independence as it's written. Dude.
Let's do some south Loop here.We've got something south Loop east bound.
What are you doing after fan andyou're sitting right there on the right

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side. I had a possum inmy fan belt, That's what I thought.
Eastbound we have extra laneage. Nowwe've got the north Loop sixteen.
I'm a little worried about that oneon the north Loop. That's a stall
east bound at Jensen. He's rightafter the merge with fifty nine, and
the lighting has been real iffy lately. So let's watch out. That's north
Loop six' ten westbound as you'reheading over from the squeeze back over toward

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Elbeach Hospital. Let's be super differentcareful there also got to stall on a
North Freeway paramount and no big deal. He's over on the sideway. By
the way. I'm interviewing with ChristinaHadley of text dot today. I'm hearing
rumblings that they may do something crazywith that road construction that's coming up over
the Brazzes River and sixty nine.We'll get to that, and of course
we'll be your source for it.Skymikeh the Generator Supercenter, dot Com,

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Traffic Center, bromb r KTRH Toptax Defenders, twenty four hour Weather center
for today and tomorrow, both partleyclouding forty percent chance for an afternoon shower,
a thundershower, high temperature about ninetyThen Wednesday verible clouds, fifty percent
chances for scattered thunderstorm and a highteperture of eighty nine. Right now seventy
eight at your official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty k TRH,

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we're checking out some of our toptrending stories on this Monday morning. You'res
SHAA. It is now five twentythree on news Radio seven forty k TRHR.
Headlines are sponsored by DNM Auto Leasing. At least four people were killed.
It was another violent weekend here acrossthe Greater Houston area. A new
yugav poll shows that only one infive Americans believes that President Biden actually wants

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to reduce illegal immigration one in five. A twenty year old Dickinson woman has
drowned this weekend. It happened inGalves and the fourth drowning on the island
this season. Latest news anytime atktorh dot com. Our next update will
be at the bottom of the hour. Hilt's stock radio all the time the
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at work, so check in office. Stay up to date. Used radio
seven forty KTRH. President Trump inLas Vegas making friends standing out in the
hot sun with a teleproper malfunction anda microphone malfunction, but he spoke anyway,
that's right. Met for over anhour. If the telepropter stopped working.

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It was the wind. The windwas really strong. And complimented the
wind because it was bringing cooler airto everybody. Yeah, that's the second
venue where we've had a thousands ofpeople standing on them. They were lined
up before on to get in tosee him, and he had something very
popular to say, in Las Vegas, in anywhere where you have a lot
of people working in the hospitality industry. Oh, here's President Trump talking about

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taxing your tips. This is thefirst time I've said this. And for
those hotel workers and people that gettips, you're going to be very happy
because when I get to office,we are going to not charge taxes on
tips. People making tips. It'sbeen a point of contention for years and

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years and years, and you doa great job of service, You take
care of people, and I thinkit's going to be something that really has
deserved more important, popular or unpopular. I do some unpopular to think two
of it's right for the country.I do what's right. I don't have
a problem with not taxing tips.I really don't. You know those those

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people are making, you know,two ten cents an hour. In many
cases, you'll get rid of alot of that online, you know,
at checkout, because business owners haveto protect themselves, because they have to
report the IRS what their employees aremaking in tips. That's why they keep
asking you, I had a putit on your credit cards so they can

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keep track, right I had.I had a wait staff person who showed
me her check that she had fortwo weeks because they automatically take out a
certain amount of tip tacks even ifthey didn't whether they made it or they
didn't make it, oh Man,and she had her check was like thirty
eight bucks for like two weeks.So you want to talk about living on
tips, I mean a lot ofthese people literally are living on tips.

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You know, they did try,and they were and it worked. They
tried to mess things up. Well, they're always good at doing that,
aren't, and they certainly did.Five twenty six is our time here in
Houston's morning News. Let's take alook at your money courney. Donaho is
here. Happy Monday, Happy Monday, Jimmy, Well this morning, Wall
Street's looking out a little open mouth, so happy doubt future and down to
count tech new points. Thunder reservedgather this week, and it's expected the

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Central Bank holds steady on interest rates. The decision is Wednesday. Friday's jobs
report showed employers added two hundred andseventy two thousand positions and may smashing estimates.
The data may force the Fed topush back the timeline on when it
will cut rates. The Dow droppedeighty seven points to wrap up the session.
Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conferencelater today. The event will show

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whether the tech giant can catch upwith rivals to become a major player in
artificial intelligence. Apple plans to showhow it's weaving AI features into its next
software updates. And the cost ofowning a home has increased twenty six percent
since the beginning of the pandemic.Taxes, insurance utilities all have soared.
According to Bankrate, the average annualcost for maintaining a single family home in

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Texas is a little over eighteen thousanddollars. I'm Courtney Donahoe, Bloomberg Business
on News Radio seven forty ktirh areown Houston's News. Why there are traffic
plus Breaking News twenty four seven.This is News Radio seven forty KTRH Child
Everywhere with the IRF. More ofwhat's happening now from the John Morris Services

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Studios. It is five point thirty. Now you're on Houston's Morning News.
I'm Jimmy Barren along with Sheriff RyerBunger. Top stories this half hour.
We have seven dead, four wounded. Just another typical weekend in Houston.
Can you fight crime with a licenseplate? Reader and coming of five thirty
eight, a Zillo scam leads tohundreds of people knocking on their door.

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Details in the minutes ahead. You'reon Houston's morning news. First, let's
check out that morning drive. Hereis Skyline. You know what's up with
all the stalls this morning? WestLoop six' ten northbound right past Katie.
When we got a prog am,I throw. I think that's more
of a possum. This is northbound. He's over on the right shoulder this
way if you're coming up past thegallery, and let's watch out for him.
They've picked up all the weekend construction. That's the good news, including

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that fourteen eighty nine stuff out inBerkshire. And for now we're rocking along.
Don't forget chipline seven one three twoone two tips, Skymike and the
Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center fromr KTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour
Weather Center. Part of the cloudingforty percent chance for an afternoon shower of
storm today with a high temperature rightabout ninety We'll get you the complete forecast

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from Terry Smith at the Weather Channel. When we talked to her in about
nine minutes. Temperature right now isseventy eight at your official severe weather station,
News Radio seven forty KTRH. Itis time now for the news.
Here's Sheriff Fryer. Good morning everyone, five thirty one on news Radio seven
forty KTRH. Our top story thishour. Another violent weekend in and around

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Houston. We hear like a whatit sounds like a ouzy a car passed
by and like pir that man withour TV partner Channel two. One person
killed, another injured. It wasa graduation party in southeast Houston. At
least seven shootings across the Houston areathis weekend. Four people killed, another
four were wounded. A man whothreatened to kill himself is in stable condition

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this morning. He was shot bya deputy in Northwest Terrace County after he
moved and pointed a rifle at thatdeputy. The deputy not hurt. Violent
crime raging on in HPD is stillat least twelve hundred officers short and relying
now on license plate scanning cameras tohelp fight the bad guys. But sharp

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more technology does not mean more safety. These cameras, though they're a force
multiplier, they do not take awayfrom our need for manpower. We need
more boost on the ground. That'sDoug Griffith, president of the Houston Police
Officers Union. Cameras can help,but violent crime is still a major problem.

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It's a good tool, but it'sonly that it's just a tool to
go after violent offenders. But itdoesn't change the fact that we have to
have more manpower on the streets togo after those. Houston currently leads the
nation with over thirty eight hundred platereading cameras. Jeff Biggs News Radio seven
forty kt H it's now five pointthirty three on our board. Of the
executive order Biden put into place lastweek, no effect on the disaster that

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was created by him and his guys. Ever since the Boden Order went into
place, there's no slowing down ofpeople crossing the border. In fact,
is just accelerating. The Texas GovernorGreg Abbott. He was on Fox's Sunday
Morning Futures Washington Examiner reporting border patrolagents in southern California had been instructed to
go ahead and admit illegal aliens ratherthan place them into deep ortation proceedings,

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a move against the so called limitedband that is now underway on asylum seekers,
the border and a shocking crime inthe Houston area were a big focus
of Donald Trump's campaign rally in LasVegas yesterday. Hey, last year,
a father from Pasadena, Texas camehome from work to find that his eleven

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year old daughter was strangled to death. Charged with the murder was an illegal
alien monster who had just infiltrated ourborder. Released by Crooked Joe Biden,
Trump reference saying the murder of MariaGonzales by an illegal alien. More than
twenty thousand supporters at the rally yesterdayin Las Vegas. We're gonna hear more
from Trump at six am. Andthere's this hurricane season just ten days old

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now in FEMA, after bank rollingtaking care of the illegal aliens, says
its disaster relief, and it's goingto run out of money for disaster relief
for us by August. We needto voice our concern. We need to
let them know that this is notwhat we want because no one within the

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administration is checking on themselves, noone is policing themselves, no one is
holding them accountable for doing what they'redoing. They're not accounting for themselves.
Retired ICE agent Victor ave law.He told Kgerh people need to speak out
and demand the Congress provide oversight ofthese federal agencies in the executive branch.
Don't you know? It is nowfive point thirty five. Manhattan Dea Alvin

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Bragg. He has said no thanksto the invitation to testify before the House
Judiciary Committee this Thursday. Now thecommittee looking into his prosecution of Trump.
The DA claims he has a quotescheduling conflict. He's agreed to cooperate with
the committee quote in the future.The Hunter Biden federal gun trial resuming this

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morning in Delaware. Will Hunter testifyfor the defense? Biden may want to
share with a jury his frame ofmind in October twenty eighteen when he allegedly
filled out a federal form to buya gun. He may want to try
and convince jurors that he wasn't usingdrugs during that time, or that he
didn't believe he was an addict.Taking a stand opens him up to cross
examination, a risky prospect that thedefense has to weigh. Madeline Rivera reporting

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it is now five thirty six lookingat her money. Well, there's a
new plan. We told you aboutit last week to add some Texas flavor
to Wall Street. A Dallas grouphas filed with the SEC to form the
Texas Stock Exchange, touting a morebusiness friendly approach the New York Stock Exchange
or the NASDAQ. Financial Planner RichardRosso says companies could see this as a
legitimate alternative. You're also battling againstthese mandated boardroom diversity quotas or companies that

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list on the Nasdaq. Where TexasStock Exchange is looking at and tried and
true companies and what they're sposed tolook for. You don't have to be
adopting a political value and a stockexchange. So far, the exchange has
secured one hundred twenty million dollars ininvestments from firms like Blackrock and Citadel Securities.
The goal is to launch by nextyear. Corey Jelson News Radio seven
forty KTRH DEEI brought to you bycompanies like Blackrock. Now they want to

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move into Texas. We're going toget another temperature check of Joe Biden's economy
this week when the May inflation reportcomes out on Wednesday. The economy added
two hundred and seventy two thousand jobslast month, and the government was growing
about it, but the majority ofthose were government and social work jobs.
But they say it might shut thedoor on interest rate cuts this summer.

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New research shows that American workers areless satisfied with their jobs than they were
just a year ago. Inflation continuesto rise, I think people are going
to have become even more unsatisfied.They're unsatisfied with their vacation time because now
their dollars don't stress for them togo on that vacation. They're unhappy with
their bonuses because it's still not goingto cover the increased costs to the food

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that they buy. Workplace culture expertJosh Evans. He says factors that play
into that are piling up, especiallyfor younger people just starting out. Five
point thirty sevens are time stros lossto the Angels nine to seven. They're
visiting the padres. Tonight coverage sevenpoint thirty on Sports Talk seven ninety and
here on KTRH. I'm Sheriff Fryeron News Radio seven forty KTRH. Let

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the experts at Garage Door Doctor tuneup your garage door and keep it running
for a lifetime. Do you understandused to listen? I check it all
the time to keep up with what'shappening. Staying in form matters to the
use. Radio seven forty five thirtyeight is their time here in Houston's barn
News, here's a Zillo scam.Scams are everywhere. A one point six

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million dollar Kansas City home that wasn'tfor sale but had pictures still online from
the last time it was on salewas listed for ten thousand, two hundred
dollars. Say what ten two hundreddollars. That can't be real. Nobody
could think it's real. But here'swhat has happened. Enough people bought into

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it that this couple has been delugedwith people knocking on their door wanting to
see their home for sale for tenthousand, two hundred dollars. The Zillo
ad said the house was only availableto first time buyers. It said strictly
no realtors, lenders, investors,wholesalers, or lawyers need in choir,
So how would you get people tothink the house was actually for sale?

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The claim was at least in theZelo ad, that the cup was wealthy
and they wanted to help out afirst time home buyer and donate money to
charity. So they were going tooffer their home for Sethy didn't need the
money, so they're gonna offer thehome for sale for ten two hundred dollars.
Oh, and I said one morething. Buyers were told to call
Mandy and to send two hundred dollarsto the owner's mother through an online banking

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app, which of course would berefunded at some point. But yeah,
that's how they were collecting money,two hundred bucks of crack from people who
were buying into the idea that theyneeded to do this in order to be
eligible to buy this home for tenthousand, two hundred dollars. And the
folks said that Zello was not helpfuleven in getting the ad taken down.

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It took days to get the adeven taken down. They just didn't Zello
didn't know what to do. Inthe meantime, Hopefully not too many people
got scammed by it, and hopefullythe phone is not bringing people are knocking
on the door. Five forty timefor traffic and weather together. Just tack
out the drive with Tamike. Itwould be a slinky day, except we
have all this stuff the downtown withthe street closures mostly if you'll remember,

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mostly Louisiana Street and Smith Street whereall the big tall buildings are, and
that's going to cover from about Walkerto piece. It actually goes further.
But for some reason, the Chasebuildings windows were fine, and I think
the Shell buildings windows were fine too. And you know what she talked to
west Side Mary. She manages theTexaco building. That's a big, beautiful
blue building with that pyramid thing ontop. But a lot of downtown street

(30:26):
closures. You've also got Clay Polk. Let's see, that's going to be
Leland, some closures there, andalso some closures on Lamar Street and McKinney.
The short story long, if you'vegot to go downtown mostly again,
that's going to be that Northwestern corner. Everything around Minute Mate's good to go.
And if you're around the Toyota Center, you're in good shape to Discovery

(30:47):
Green. Rest of our freeways,well, we have the stall on the
west Loop six to ten northbound atKatie Freeway and north Loop six ten.
I want you to keep watching outfor that one at Jensen. That one
has me a little worried because oneiesright there before you get loopy. This
is north Loop eastbound before sixty nine. They're calling it Jensen and it's the
lightning is a little iffy right there. Tollbridge Sunkins just starting up. We're

(31:11):
about six minutes southbound Skymike and theGenerator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center from r
KTRH Generator super Center twenty four hourWeather Center. Terry Smith is here.
She's got a typical summertime forecast.Every day at least a forty fifty percent
chance of seeing something pop up.That's exactly right. It's like a coin
toss. And part of the reasonfor that is there's this weekfront that's trying

(31:33):
to make its way into southeast Texasand then it's stalls, so it's going
to be hanging around for the nextcouple of days, and that's why we're
not going to see a whole lotof change in the overall weather pattern.
So a forty percent chance of showersand thunderstorms developing this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon
and again Wednesday, and temperatures inthe upper eighties to low nineties, so
at least it feels like just typicalJune. Later in the week we start

(31:57):
to dry out. Only a thirtypercent chance of rain Thursday Friday, no
rain. Temperatures are going to warmback up into the load of mid nineties
by the end of the week.Right now seventy eight at your official severe
weather station, News Radio seven fortyk TRH. What you need to know
for the day ahead. This isHouston's Morning News, brought to you by
New South Windows Solutions. There's apiece and American thinker that says that FEMA

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is claiming they don't have enough moneyfor hurricane season. They've been spending all
their money on illegal aliens and theydon't have any money for hurricanes. So
if we have a bad hurricane season, where's the money going to come from?
More than that story coming up nextfirst though, at five point fifty,
Time for trafficking weather together. Thatstarts with you, s guy,
Mike. All right, let's takea gander at the North Freeway. Gott

(32:43):
Andrew from Spring Hey Man Hey scuttlikedot bound twin the Grant Park web though
with eighties movement d long that eighteenwheeler of Parramatta. That seems because any
issues he's off to the side,all right, he's just mining his own
business. Let's see. I gotMike from Cealy on iten west tape Mike.
Some day he ended up in theditch and the guard rail on Katie
Freeway. I'm coming to join youright four Feno proad probably just there and

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at their phone. Anyway, here'sthe pub lads. Don't show up their
free pay off your phone. Ican see y'all looking at them, Kirk,
thank you for that. He's overon the side. But mainlanes are
all good. We're looking at twentynine minutes in from Katie Skymike and the
Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center fromour KTRH Generator Supercenter twenty four hour weather
center for today, at Tomorrow andWednesday, all three days Bartley cloudy forty

(33:30):
percent chance of an afternoon shower ofthundershower and high temperature right about ninety degrees.
Currently temperature is seventy eight at yourofficial severe weather station. News Radio
seven forty k TRH. Time tocheck out some of our top trending stories
on this Monday morning. Here Sharon, Good morning everyone. It's five fifty
two on News Radio seven forty KTRH. Our headlines are sponsored by Moral Mechanical.

(33:51):
Donald Trump challenges President Biden to takecognitive and drug test before their debate.
In seventeen days, President and manWell Marqualina France has dissolved the French
parliament. He calls for a snapelection of a new government after he was
defeated two to one in a EuropeanUnion vote by the National Right party of

(34:13):
Marine Hawpen. Now. This weekendsoccer match between Brazil and Mexico drew more
than eighty five thousand fans to KyleField in College Station Latest News anytime kturah
dot com. Our next update willbe at the top of the hour.
Six. How bad things are thetwenty twenty four elections? What's really happening?

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Everything in your world? Here andAbroad News Radio seven forty KTRH.
Victor Vila joins his former ICE specialagent. Evidently FIMA has been spending its
money on the illegal aliens. Whathave they have been spending the money on,
Victor, Well, the number onearea where your money's going via FEMA

(34:57):
is the NDOS, the non governmentalorganization down at the border on both sides
of the border. By the way, that facilitate the entry of millions and
millions of people, that's by puttingthem on buses, airplanes, housing,
healthcare, schooling, you name it, and it's FEMA, it's the State

(35:20):
Department, it's the UN it's otheragencies like USID where they funnel this money,
our taxpayer money for people everyone otherthan US citizens. Well, that
just sort of leaves us on moreless than the short end of the stick,
doesn't it. I mean, whathappens when all of a sudden disaster

(35:43):
strikes American taxpayers. Well, that'sthe number one question, is that people
are fed up that were being putless and the money is supposed to be
there for exactly that reasons for thesenatural disasters and these reserves when we need
it. And the Biden administration doesn'tcare about that. But I'll tell you

(36:05):
who does care. The American people. They're waking up. They understand what's
going on, and they realize thatwait a minute for a second. Here,
they're like in Houston and Chicago andDenver and all these big cities and
even small towns in the city asa matter of fact, around the country,
they're realizing that, hey, waita minute, what's going on here.
We're hard working Americans where taxpayers werelaw abiding, and yet we're not

(36:29):
getting the services and benefits, especiallywhen natural disasters happen in our areas.
Yet if you come here from anothercountry, which I think it's over one
hundred and fifty or more countries thatpeople are coming here from, they get
the benefit first, and people havehad enough of it. Let me see

(36:50):
if I can figure out the gameplan here, Victor. So, FEMA
declares the border and emergency at leastfor its own purposes of spending money.
That's how they get away with spendingmoney, because well, it is an
emergency, humanitarian emergency, we haveto spend the money. And then they
go ahead and they spend all themoney. Then they let the American people
know and Congress know, hey,we're going to run out of the money
in August if you don't give usmore money. So you better give us
more money so that if another disaster, course will be able to help Americans.

(37:14):
And then here's the problem is thatthey'll sell it to you as maybe
border security, although I'll sell itto you as some other form to uh
pull you know, pull the heartstringsof the Americans through their representatives to get
that money again, UH funnel backback to to UH to get these programs.

(37:35):
The NGOs wouldn't wouldn't exist, anda lot of them if they weren't
for the government subsidizing them. Everysingle day you see them at the airports.
You'll see the NGO workers escorting theillegals on the airplanes and Houston.
I just saw them in Tucson willPass. So I've seen them myself in
allow of airports as I travel aroundthe country. And it's our money at

(37:58):
work, but not for the purposesays that we want including we know that
the money is there and we wantit to be placed at the place that
we wanted. We wanted it forfor border security. We want it for
border agents. But our government seesit another way, not only for FEMA
to do this, but obviously settingthe money overseas for other borders. The

(38:19):
disasterscape happening. I mean, youknow this collapse of this major road Teiton
Pass in Wyoming that's unbelievable. Isone thing after another. Yeah, we
have a bad hurricane season. We'rein a world for Victor, thank you
appreciate your time as always, Sir, Victor of Villa, former ICE special
agent. It's five point fifty seven. This is Huge Radio seven kt RH

(38:43):
Houston Live Everywhere with the exclusive audiohome of NBC's coverage of the twenty twenty
four Paris Olympics. Now the latestnews, weather and traffics. It's more
of what matters to you. Fromthe John Morris Services Studios. AM is
our time here in Houston's Warning News. I'm Jimmy Barrett along with Sheriff Ryer
among our top stores. As four Trump in Vegas calls for Biden to

(39:07):
get tested. How important will Trump'sVP pick b And coming up at six
to eight, another iconic TV houseis for sale. He tails them the
minutes ahead. You're on Houston's WarningNews. First, we're checking out that
morning drive again. I know whichone do you? Just got mine?
But I'm not gonna say, okay, say it at six ten, right,
yes, I will, okay.I'm gonna have ship channel bridges at

(39:27):
six ten double the reason I tenKatie Freeway. Let me share this with
the pretty ladies on TV. Iwant to be fair to the rest of
the media, even jumping Joe,he's working for those two dinosaur parts across
the street. I ten Katie Freeway, Pen Oak Road, Mike from Seay
with the bananas trick or that's someSomeboddy that ran off the side. I
think they're taking some right laneage now. So we're here. We have backups

(39:49):
both ways. If you're coming infrom BUCkies, here's your backup and outbound.
For some reason, we're slow rightaround Katie Mills. I'm Skymike and
the Generator Supercenter dot Com Traffic Centerfrom r k t r H top tax
Defenders, twenty four hour weather centerfor today partly the clouding forty percent chance
of afternoon shower at thunderstorm, hightemperature today right about ninety. We'll get
you the complete forecast for the workweek when we talk to Terry Smith at

(40:10):
the Weather Channel in eight minutes rightnow seventy eight at your official severe weather
station, News Radio seven forty KTRH. It is timed out for the news.
Here's Sheriff Ryer, Good morning.Everyone is now six oh two on
news Radio seven forty ktr racious newssponsor by choice, Home and Commercial.
Our top story this hour. Bidenshould have a cognitive test, Number one.

(40:35):
They say it's un constitutional. That'sa good excuse. Donald Trump challenging
Joe Biden to prove his middle fitness. This was during a rally yesterday for
thousands of people in Las Vegas forTrump. That speech lasted for over an
hour, despite the teleprompter being brokenand the microphone not working for part of
the time. Trump Trump, DawnBiden well he returned from Europe, quickly

(41:00):
showed why Trump is asking for thetest. He mixed up Iraq and Ukraine
again while speaking to reporters. Thetwo candidates supposed to debate on June twenty
seventh. Trump's conviction of Manhattan anda sham accounting trial. Will Judge Jan
Mrshan now told the defensive prosecution thatthe jury may have discussed the guilty verdict

(41:22):
when they were not supposed to.An alleged cousin of one of the jurors
allegedly talked about it on Facebook.Don't know how much of this is true,
any of it in this case.It's littered with reversible errors by Judge
Murshawn, especially due process violations.Yeah, well, Fox Legal analyst Greg

(41:42):
Jarrett. There, we'll see howthis one shakes out. Defense starts presenting
its case today for Hunter Biden andhis federal gun trial in Delaware. Will
Hunter testify? Some indicate he mightwant to. We'll have a complete preview
at six point thirty. It's nowsix' oh four. Trump intend after
the guilty verdict, now still hasa lead over Joe Biden and the polls

(42:05):
over fifty percent support of likely voters. According to CBS, Trump's official nomination
for president gets closer. People arestill wondering who will he choose as a
running mate. He apparently is vettingeight candidates now do the list. It's
still it's not a short list.It's maybe a medium list or a long
list, but I don't think it'sa short list yet. Political analyst Bill

(42:29):
Miller told KGRH the pick more importantthan ever because of how close this election
is expected to be. He believesit's about getting the votes. One of
the eight candidates reported to be OhioSenator JD. Vance. We've had some
conversations with the Trump team, butI've actually not spoke about the vice presidential
thing with the president directly, anduntil I do, I sort of assume

(42:51):
this is a lot of a mediaspeculation. Fox with Advance was on with
Fox's Sunday Morning Futures, Democrat fearmongering over a Trump win and November,
Boy, is it ever ratcheting up? What happens to you if Donald Trump
wins what do you do? What'syour first I mean it sounds nuts,
but like I wouldn't be surprised asthis guy through me in jail. That's

(43:14):
AOC of the squad. The congresswomanfrom New York. She was on a
podcast with the host Kara Swisher.It is six oh five divide in the
Texas House. Boy, is itever? Splitting up Conservatives and Rhinos?
And the Rhinos now threatening to expelConservatives from the state GOP. A group

(43:36):
of Conservatives, including conro Steve Tooth, could be expelled for their opposition to
the Dade feelings of the House,the sin of campaigning alongside Governor Abbot alongside
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. Brend Waltonsof Texas Scorecards says Texas Republican voters did
not ask for this. It's absolutelytone death could be going after conservatives for

(43:57):
supporting conservative challenges. The Conservatives arebeing targeted by Republicans under their Incumbent Protection
program. Cloff Saunders News Radio sevenforty KTRH Lawfair from the Establishment in Austin
as well. Daniel Perry remember theuber driver. He was pardoned by the
governor after killing a BLM protester whopointed a gun is actually an automatic rifle

(44:22):
in semi automatic into his car underattack by the Travis County DA. There,
the liberal leftist Travis County DA conservativeattorney Michelle Maple says Jose Garza wants
to overturn the governor Greg Abbott's constitutionalright to pardon, and she says that's
a bad precedent. You better believeother state attorney generals all across the nation

(44:46):
are watching this thinking, hmm,maybe I can override my constitution as well,
which is very, very dangerous.The DA is running for reelection,
doesn't really care about justice, shesays. Closer to Houston and new budget
reports says Harris County is going tohave to make big changes to be financially

(45:06):
stable Chara I. According to formercounty judge candidate Alexandra Miehler, it's all
due to a big spending spree bylocal Democrats six years now. Is progressive
controlled county and really just taxpayer fundedsocial program and yet we don't have basic
services. Mieler also spoke out abouther growing feud with city Controller Chris Hollins.

(45:30):
Chris Hollins Rodney ellis you know everytime they get their feelings hurt,
we're on and try to get anegative article penned against me. Hyperpartisan and
really nothing more than a showman.After decades of having a surplus, Harris
County is staring at a one hundredand twenty nine million dollar deficit next year.
Jeff Biggs, News Radio seven fortyKatie h Astra's lose to the series.

(45:53):
In the series finale with Anaheim nineto seven, they visit San die
I Go tonight pregame Sports Talk sevenninety and KTRH as well, starting at
seven thirty. I'm surebuh Fryer onnews Radio seven forty KTRH. Hi,
let's talk radio all the time.The world doesn't wait for you to clock
out. I usually have it onall day at work, so check in

(46:15):
office day up to date with usedRadio seven forty KTRH. The Full House
House is for sale again. It'sold last I think in twenty eighteen,
so it's only been off the marketfor a few years. It's been remodeled,
so just like any other TV house, the outside you can tell us

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the Full House House, but theinside not so much. But then again,
you know, if you really wantto own a piece of television history.
It'll cost you six point five milliondollars according to the Caldwell Banker realty
listing. It's four beds, threebaths, seventeen oh nine Broaderick Street.
Here's the biggest problem. It's inSan Francisco. Who wants to live there?

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Now? It's more than the centralold Victorian home. It's in the
city's Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood, threelevel, three, seven hundred and thirty
seven square foot house built in eighteeneighty three, renovated in twenty nineteen as
a private English garden indoor sports court. And that's about it. It doesn't
come with any members of the FullHouse House. John SteamOS will not be

(47:20):
there to greet you if you decideto buy it. But it is for
sale. Six' ten time fortraffic and weather together. How much for
that thing? Why went to SanFrancisco and they were like, you can
find it. There were like onehundred different houses that looked like the Full
House House. It was so hardto get around there. I suppose that's
true. We're looking at this KatieFreeway thing. This has gotten worse here.
Who's that Greg from Full Shirt toldme. Yeah, and I see

(47:42):
that it's all lanes now inbound andthis has turned into a vehicle fire,
so hopefully everybody's okay. It's KatieFreeway Pino Groad, it's inbound outbound.
There's a lot of flashing lights.I understand the reverenaking on this both ways
between BUCkies and Katie Mill Small.You're gonna have some heavy del on ien
now. I don't know how longthey're going to keep it all lanes blocked,

(48:04):
but let's let's hope they start openingup some laneage. For now,
everybody's being forced onto the feeder.Even the TV folks know about it.
And we'll keep your tip line openseven one three two one two tips south
side, you've got Southloop six tenwestbound. That roadwork at two eighty eight
has us spackled up on extra sixminutes that way. We're gonna move ship
channel bridges back to six twenty.So far, the only thing we have

(48:27):
is the toll bridge that I cansee, just the slowdown looking at an
extra six minutes down SKYMIKEE on theGenerator Supercenter, dot Com Traffic Center from
r Katie rh Top tax Defenders,twenty four hour Weather Center time to check
in with the Terry Smith and shehas some storms in the forecast. I'm
guessing most of these are going tobe what afternoon heating type storms. Yeah,
we've got that front that's stalled,and between that and the afternoon heating,

(48:51):
we're going to see uh showers andthunderstorms about a forty percent chance today,
Tomorrow and Wednesday. Thursday it's athirty percent chance of getting wet.
Then toward the end of the weekFriday and Saturday, and I don't think
we'll see any rate with the cloudsof the rain. The temperatures are in
check in the upper eighties to lownineties through Wednesday, and then as we

(49:13):
get less rain, we'll get alittle more heat. Looks like load of
mid nineties for highst Thursday and Friday. Right now seventy eight at your official
severe weather station. News Radio sevenforty KTRH News, Traffic and Weather.
You're starting your day right with Houston'sMorning News, brought to you by New
South Windows Solutions. So the Trumpcampaign is vetting vice presidential running mates for

(49:36):
President Trump. The question is whatare they going to be considering? Are
they looking for somebody who is presidentialmaterial who can run for president after four
years and have a good chance ofwinning. Are they looking for somebody to
complement the president regionally or geographically?What are they looking for? Bill Miller
will join us political strategist. We'lltalk about that next first, though,

(49:57):
traffic and weather together. That startswith this update from six. All right,
let me pitch from the stretch.That's a vehicle fire. Tammy from
thirteen says that they have opened upone eastbound lane. Here we're having trouble
c and peno quade Katie Freeway inbound. It is a vehicle fire. Let's
go quickly Southwest Freeway done. Marknorth pound fifty nine for Kirby up beginning
to the right wall or car matchedup. People out walking around and another

(50:21):
car swerveing. It's done, mathright, look you out from Greenway.
I'll let the rest of the mediano Skymichael a Generator Supercenter, dot Com
traffic center from our KTRH top taxDefenders twenty four hour weather center for today,
tomorrow and pretty much Wednesday. We'relooking at part of the cloudy skies.
Forty to fifty percent chance at afterroomshower, a thunderstorm with the high
temperature right about ninety temperture Right nowis seventy eight at your official severe weather

(50:45):
station, news Radio seven forty kTRH. Time to check out some of
our top stories on this Monday morning. Here's Sharon six twenty one now on
news radio seven forty KTRH. Ourheadlines are sponsored by DNM Auto Leasing.
Another violent weekend in and around Houston. Four people have died as a result.
Opposition leader Benny Gantz in Israel,He's left the Israeli government abruptly resigned,

(51:07):
accusing the Prime Minister Benjamin dantan Yahooof mismanaging the war with Hamas astronaut
William Anders, who took the iconicearth rise photo, he dies in a
plane crash in Washington State. Hewas ninety Latest news anytime at KTRH dot
com. Our next update is atthe bottom of the hour. Chris a

(51:29):
border bloodbath, island craft speak upboom. I'm probably not looking, Joe.
Things are happening. I listen everyday because I got to stay informed.
On news Radio seven forty KTRH,Bill Miller joins as political strategist.
Does anybody pick a president based onthe VP pick these days? Bill?
You know I think you've met agood point that it was far more important

(51:51):
than some previous elections. I don'tthink any candidate today picks a beat based
on whether they will be a goodpresident or not. Really the only criteria
that I can see that makes anysense unless he's you know, Obama.
He kicked Biden because Biden was Chairmanof Foreign Affairs Committee, and then people
said that he didn't have that experience, that Biden offered that experience. I

(52:15):
think you look for what you don'thave. In the case of Trump,
you're looking at somebody who can helphim win, and I think in that
case, you've got somebody. Ithink gender and color matter. I think
it always matters, really, butI think in this particular election, with
Kamala Harris on the ticket, asa woman and a person of color,

(52:37):
you need you need your gender orcolor are both to help him because it
will be a close election. Youknow, we discuss as all the time
as from the conventional side of things, but Donald Trump is not conventional.
I mean, why why do wewhy do we think that it's up it's
eight How do we know he's notgoing to pull somebody from out of nowhere,

(52:59):
out of the head that we're noteven thinking about. Oh well,
Harry, you're exactly right. Unpredictableis exactly who he is. And you
know, I think he's you know, sometimes crazy like a fox. But
the he could pick someone right outof nowhere, I don't think that.
I think he wants to win sobadly. He wants to presidency back.

(53:22):
We know how bad he wants.He wants about as bad as anything you
could ever hope for. So Ithink he'll be smart about it. I
don't think he'll just be impulsive andI just want to do it because I
just don't see that this year.I see it's calculated, it's smart,
and ultimately he wants to inflict playingon Democrats, and the way he does
that is winning the election. Youknow, Bill, you mentioned some of

(53:45):
the criteria that might be considered forthis vice potential pick, you know,
gender and color. Nobody who's beensupposedly vetted on his short list meets that
criteria, which I think goes toSheriff's point about he's probably got somebody in
mind that we aren't even thinking of, and maybe that's just the way he
wants it. Well, I mean, Rubio qualifies as somebody of color,

(54:06):
and certainly Tim Scott and or Florida, Yeah, Florida and Carolina's if he
I think you've got you've got thewoman, the counresswoman from New York,
who you know is very aggressive andthe whole THEI hearings up there really costs
it. Yeah, you've got You'vegot some people out there that qualify.

(54:30):
But I think Sure's point is theone you always have to keep in the
back of your mind. The guywill do things that you don't expect him
to do or didn't even see coming. But you know that's why they have
to look at this election. It'sno sure thing. It's going to be
close any way you cut it.He's got he's sharing a lot of baggage.

(54:50):
He needs help pick somebody that helpshim win the election. If they
do that, they'll be smart andthey'll probably help themselves. All right,
Bill, Thanks as always political strategs, Bill, Bill, it is six
twenty six. Time to take alook at your money. Fortney. Donaho's
here. Well, good morning tome. Lots of action expected on Wednesday
for Wall Street. A report onconsumer prices will be out in the morning,
and the Federal Reserve will announce itsinterest rate decision in the afternoon.

(55:15):
Head of that, stocks are lookingat a slightly lower open down futures right
now down fifty points. Oil thismorning slightly hire seventy five dollars a barrel.
Traders will be watching for monthly reportsfrom OPEC and the International Energy Agency
this week. Fewer people at workare getting promoted, leaving little room for
new graduates to get their foot inthe door. Workforce analytics firm Live Data

(55:36):
Technologies finds just one point three percentof white collar workers were promoted in the
first three months of the year.And Bad Boys Rider Died top the box
office this week and debuting at numberone according to comScore. The comedy action
movie hauled in an estimated fifty sixmillion dollars, giving Hollywood a much needed
summer hit. Writer Dies also thefirst real test of Will Smith's commercial appeal

(55:58):
since he blew up at the twentytwenty to oscars. I'm Corney's on Hope
Bloomberg Business on News Radio seven fortyk t RH Houston's News, Why They're
Traffic plus Breaking News twenty four toseven. This is News Radio seven forty
kt RH five Everywhere within the IRP. More of what's happening now from the

(56:21):
John Morris Services Studios, six thirtyour time. Now here on Houston's Morning
News, I'm Jimmy Barrett along withSheriff Ryer. Among our top stories of
this half of our seven dead forewounded. Just another typical weekend here in
Houston. Can you fight crime withlicense plate readers? And coming up at
six thirty eight, swallowed whole bya sixteen foot python. Yikes. Details

(56:43):
in the minutes ahead. First,first, let's check out the morning drive
here skuy Mine. All right,Katie Freeway. We've got one lane open
now. This is inbound coming upat Pino Quote. If you're passing bunkies,
I think you're already seeing all thesebreak lights. This is a big
wreck inbound and something caught fire.Hopefully everybody's okay. New wreck on the
KDCC Jester, this is three lanesinbound. There's a big smush from the

(57:05):
loop. Looks like everybody's okay.My work wife, Christina Cruz, is
working that wreck on the south flipsix' ten that's going to be westbound
at Coulan. They're about to clearthat as we speak. Skymichael the Generator
Supercenter dot Com Traffic Center from ourKTRH Generator Supercenter, twenty four hour weather
Center today partly the cloude forty percentchance at afternoon shower at thunderstorm with the
igh temperture right about ninety. We'llget to the work week forecast from Terry

(57:25):
Smith at the Weather Channel in abouteight minutes. Right now, it's seventy
eight at your official severe weather station, News Radio seven forty KTRH. It's
time now for the news. Here'sSheriff Ryer. Good morning. Everyone is
so how six thirty two on newsRadio seven forty KTRH. This new sponsored
by Plants for All Seasons. Ourtop story this hour was a violent weekend

(57:46):
across Houston. At least seven shootings. Four people died, another four injured.
A man who's threatened to kill himselfis in stable condition. He was
shot by a deputy. This happenedin northwest Harris County. The man pointed
a rival at the deputy last night. One of our deputies shot multiple times,
striking the suspect once in the uppertorso deputy was not hurt. Still

(58:09):
dealing with staffing shortages, HPD nowfunding more plate reading cameras to try to
help themselves, but they're not enoughto stop violent crime, he says,
of Houston want to see more officers, and we want to have more officers.
These are nothing more than a supplementto help us catch violent offenders.
We have to have boots on theground to be able to do that.

(58:31):
Doug Griffith with the Houston Police OfficersUnion. Now, the city has more
than thirty eight hundred cameras. Didyou know that, It's the most in
the country. But HPD is stilltwelve hundred officers short. It's six thirty
three At the border. The orderssigned by President Joe Biden having no effect
on the invasion that has exploded.It began and exploded under his watch.

(58:54):
As long as the Bide administration refusesto provide any type of form, any
type of blockage of people crossing illegally, all that this new Biden policy is
going to do is to actually attractand invite even more people to cross the
border illegally. Governor Greg Abbott onFox, According to the Washington Examiner,

(59:15):
of Border patrol agents in southern California, they've been ordered to go ahead and
admit all illegal immigrants rather than begindeportation proceedings. So much for the president's
limited ban on those seeking asylum.Donald Trump had a few choice words about
the Biden border order during Israelly inLas Vegas yesterday. It's weak, it's

(59:37):
ineffective, it's bull what he's signed, Trump drawing twenty thousand people in incredible
Vegas heat, and when we're goingto hear more from him at seven am.
FEMA has spent so much on supportingand transporting and housing illegal aliens invaders
into our country that it's going tobe running out of cash, it says,

(59:59):
from this disaster fund in August,the height of our domestic hurricane season.
This goes to show you where theBiden administration's priorities are. It's a
great reminder that this is one ofthe avenues that the Biden administration is using
to fund the movement of illegals intothe country. Retired ICE agent Victor avi

(01:00:21):
Law told KTRH the lack of accountabilityis going to leave potential storm victims hanging
when disaster strikes and Texas and otherstates need those resources that obviously FEMA is
the one that provides it. Whereis it going to come from? Avi
law, says that Congress needs tostep up and police these federal agencies.
More Ethan Buchanan News Radio seven fortyKTRH. Here in Texas, a Republican

(01:00:44):
party officially releases its legislative priorities fornext year, Securing the border number one,
followed by two Election integrity. It'ssix thirty five Manhattan. DA Alvin
Bragg tells the House Judiciary Committee hewill not test to them about the Trump
guilty verdict and prosecution, at leastnot this week. He claims the scheduling

(01:01:07):
conflict can't go to Congress. Hehas agreed to quote cooperate down the road.
Hunter Biden's defense beginning today as hisfelony gun trial in Delaware. No
word on whether he will testify.If he does. House Oversight Committee Chairman
James Cumbers says, well, don'tforget Hunter has a long history of lying.

(01:01:28):
Hunter Biden under oath in a deposition, lying he perjured himself two different
times at least about Joe Biden's involvementand participation in schemes. Comer on Fox's
Sunday Morning Futures. It's now sixthirty six. The Texas Stock Exchange has
filed for registration with the SEC tobegin trading as early as next year.

(01:01:51):
It has financial backing from firms likeBlackrock and Citadel Securities. Blackrock, a
notable DEI enforcer. Financial planner RichardRosso thinks, well, it's nonetheless legitimate
if the SEC goes through with itfor many reasons. It's black Rock and
Citadel are behind it. That's notinsignificant. They're not going to put money

(01:02:13):
behind the loser. And the policiescontinued where they are in blue states,
and with all the mandates that areplaced on the Nasdaq, then yeah,
I do think it could probably carveout a niche. He doesn't foresee a
Texas Exchange replacing the Nasdaq or theNew York Stock Exchange. Jimmy kind of
funny on the internet, they're callingit y'all street. That's awesome. I

(01:02:37):
love it. Y'all street. Y'allstreet. Another gage of the economy On
Wednesday, the May inflation report willcome out. The economy added two hundred
and seventy two thousand jobs last month. Now, the majority of those jobs,
however, were government and social workjobs, you know, printing our
taxpayer money paying those people to hire. Yeah, the April number of one

(01:02:58):
hundred and seventy five thousand jobs createdby the WAY was revised downward again to
one hundred and sixty five thousand.It was ignored by mainstream media. I'm
pretty much ignored by Wall Street too. Too. Many workers say multiple aspects
of their jobs that they have areleaving them very dissatisfied, and that comes
has no surprise to best selling authorand keynote speaker Josh Evans. Well does

(01:03:22):
seem that most US workers are lesssatisfied this year than the previous year and
almost every single aspect of their work. And there's a lot of factors that
contribute to this. Some of thosefactors from Evans include pay lacking behind someone's
cost of living, and of courseinflation. Satisfaction of work comes down to
the individual and the perspective of theirrole. If somebody goes in and thinks

(01:03:43):
that they're not making a difference,guess what. They're not going to be
satisfied to their work. Evans says, a good attitude and living on less
than you make can make a difference. Cher Lewis News Radio seven forty krh
stro's Louse of the Angels ninety sevenplaying the Giants in San Francisco to nine
pregames, Sports Talk seven ninety eightand kg RH beginning at seven thirty pm.
I'm Sherriff Ryer on news Radio sevenforty k t RH need Land Clearing,

(01:04:08):
Daniel Dean, Land Clearing and dirtWork two eight, one, three,
five six dirt How bad things arethe twenty twenty four elections? What's
really happening? Everything in your world? Here and abroad News Radio seven forty
KTRH sixteen foot reticulated python Indonesia dangerouseight. A mother of four hole swallowed

(01:04:33):
her hole. They went looking forthe missing woman, and they found this
huge ass snake with what us withthat protruding center, yes, which obviously
looked like a body. Oh.I just almost wretched when I read cut
the snake open and there she isinside. Don't get whold. The only
reason why I mentioned this story isbecause I imagine now that this is what

(01:04:56):
it's like, or potentially what it'slike in the Florida Everglades. You know,
with all the people who think there'sa great idea to have a python
as a pet, and then youknow, it gets too big for them
or they don't know what they dowith them anymore, and they just let
them loose because they're they're expanding byleaps and bounds continue to in the Florida
averrigraldes. Yeah, this is aparticularly vicious variety. It's got a whole

(01:05:20):
bunch of different rows of teeth andapparently grabs you and then oh my word,
well I can't believe I read it. I had nightmares. Not to
mention. It can do what allpythons can do, which is crush you
before it bothers to eat you.Right, they can go ahead. It
just squeeze the life right out ofyou. By the way, this one
is relatively small by reticulated python standards. They can grow as large, we're

(01:05:43):
told as For example, in twentyeighteen, a fifty four year old woman
was found dead inside a twenty threefoot long snake. Where was this indig
same area, Indonesia, same airyand Indonesia. The previous year farmer found
eaten a lie by thirteen foot pythonand a palm oil plantation. They say,
By the way, the longest reticulatedpython ever discovered thirty two feet long,

(01:06:06):
weighing three hundred and fifty pounds,and in Scotland. They keep looking
for the lockness monster. I mean, like, really, if it's like
a python, I think you shouldleave it alone. This is a little
traffic and weather together. And checkout the drive bots again. Go well,
that cat would be a it wasan appetite. I'll see a little
tidy appetizer for that thing, youknow what I will. I want to
tell people too about pythons, becauseI used to have a ball python.

(01:06:30):
One time. Mine wrapped around myarm and then all of a sudden she
squeezed and I'm like, oh,you're not going around my neck anymore.
Let's look on the Katie Freeway.We were the first to have this,
obviously Pinoak Road. And who's thebanana sticker for that? Mic from Sealey?
Thank you? Inbound? Just onelane getting by. I hope everybody's
okay. This was a wreck.Didn't look like a big thing. And
then suddenly we've got a fire onour hands, backed up from BUCkies on

(01:06:54):
the inbound and then outbound. Alot of rubber necking from right past Katie
Mills. Now we've got a secondWhenevery's okay here at Washington Avenue. Let's
go tip line, dude, thishas been a task to see to it.
Guy Myton eccent. They got twoleft hand lanes, Fire Department and
them they're already backing up the outboundtraffic. I don't know what the inbound

(01:07:15):
lunch like. The accident's actually inboundand we're taking three lanes. That's a
big smush right after Edwards Theater.If you can, let's go ahead southwest.
We had that accident earlier around BuffaloSpeedway. Now we've got something mashing
up around Mantros. So Terry,whether you're hazardous or not, let's go
ahead and take six to ten.Either way. The only smush I've got
on the south flip six ten iswestbound. We just cleared that wreck at

(01:07:39):
Culin. I'm the Generator Supercenter dotCom Traffic Center from r ket rh Generator
super Center in twenty four hour whetherCenter. Terry Smith is here and lots
of blue sky this morning, whichis nice to see. So we're starting
off with blue sky. What kindof a day are we expecting today,
Well, we will have sunshine agood bit of the day, but as
we get into the afternoon and theheating of the day kicks in and we'll

(01:08:00):
see summer rain. It's a fortypercent chance of those showers and thunderstorms developing
today and Tomorrow and Wednesday, anda thirty percent chance of rain Thursday,
with Friday and Saturday being dry.So the first part of the week a
little bit soggy, but it's mainlyafternoon showers and storms, and then later
in the week more sunshine. Now, temperature wise upper eighties to load nineties,

(01:08:25):
nice little stretch of summertime through Wednesday, and then the heat and humidity
start to be more of a factor. Load at mid nineties Thursday and Friday.
Temperature rye now seventy nine. Atyour official severe weather station, News
radio seven forty KRH, you arecommute, you are forecast your news.
It's Houston's morning News, brought toyou, Bien you Southway. Those solutions.

(01:08:47):
So as you can imagine, alot of people saw the President President
Biden at Normandy, saw him noddingoff on stage, doing the things that
we've used to seeing him do,and of course he's making an impression.
I think it's pretty obvious to everybody. We have somebody who's cognitively declined.
President Trump calling for a cognitive test, which he's more than willing to take

(01:09:10):
himself at a drug test because heI think he suspects that those times that
the President Biden's doing quite well,he's on something. So he had a
little congressional support on that. We'lltalk about that next first though. At
six fifty, traffic and weather togetheras we check out the drive once again,
here's guy one. All right,I think we're okay at Peno.
That car burned to a crisp.But it looks like the side of the

(01:09:30):
fact that they have an eastbound laneopen is a really really good signed Katie
Freeway, Pano. Where's the backupis now twenty four minutes, So if
you could do the west part,do that. If you can jump on
ninety, you can actually get aroundit too. But ninety's about to get
crazy. Southloop six ten clear callingthat westbound rex Southwest Freeway clear the wreck
at Kirby and we still have KDTCgesture inbound. That's three left lanes.

(01:09:51):
I'm in the Generator Supercenter, dotCom Traffic Center, probm R ktr H
Generator super Center, twenty four hourWeather Center for it's a we're looking at
partly cloudy sky's forty percent chance ofan afternoon shower, a thunderstorm HI right
about ninety pretty much the same forecastfor tomorrow and for Wednesday two except right
now seventy nine at your officials Severeweather station, News Radio seven forty KTRAH.

(01:10:15):
Time to check out some of ourtop stories on this Monday morning.
Your SHAREFF six fifty one now onnews radio seven forty KTRRAH. Another shooting
overnight just coming in now. HPDsays three teenagers wounded at a Southwest Houston
gas station. This happened at fourpoint fifteen this morning, part of some
transaction outside that gas station. Federalcorruption trial of Texas Democrat Congressman Henry Quayar.

(01:10:42):
Guess what not going to rush thatone to trial. It's been delayed
until after the election. Dick VanDyke making history. He's become the eldest
Emmy winner for his guest role onthe soap Days of Our Lives. He's
ninety eight. Latest news anytime KTRHdot com. Our next update is at
the top of the hour. Doyou understand? Used to listen? I

(01:11:05):
check in all the time, keepup with what's happening. Staying in form
matters to make use radio seven fortykt RH. Let's start with this couple
of the calls for cognitive testing ofPresident Biden. One of them came from
President Trump and his appearance in LasVegas. Remember when Joe said it's great

(01:11:26):
to be in Idaho and he wasin Iowa. He always says that if
I ever did that, it wouldbe over. They say that's the end
of his political career. He's cognitivelyimpaired. Now, no, you know,
I had a second test. Ihate it. I hasted both of
them. Not easy days. Bidenshould have a cognitive test. Number one.

(01:11:48):
They say it's sun constitutional. That'sa good excuse. He should have
a cognitive test. And before thedebate in two weeks he should take a
drug test because I'm willing to tackfor him. And by the way,
second demotion Corey Mills. Representative CoreyMills and Representative Ronnie Jackson, they are
both over in Normandy for the celebrationthere and saw President Biden on stage.

(01:12:14):
Here's what they had to say.I think that you and the American people
saw the same thing as all ofour allies and those present. He didn't
seem that he had everything together upstairs. He seemed like he was lost,
he was disoriented, he seemed tohave cognitive function issues, and not to
mention that he left World War Twoveterans on the stage for almost an hour
because he was late to the actualmemorial speech to begin with. So I

(01:12:38):
don't feel that we are bringing ourbest when it comes to how our allies
ce is and how we're viewed onthe world stage. Commas. I can
see Ronnie Jackson is with you therein Normandy right now. Conason Jackson,
you were the White House doctor.You saw what's going on with the president
in Normandy. Do you think heshould take an acuity test, a Montreal

(01:12:59):
test? Absolutely? Absolutely too.I mean, you know that's the standard
now as far as I'm concerned.The pressent has been set. You know,
we did one for President Trump duringhis presidency and he got a thirty
out of thirty on it. Andyou know, I think that there should
be the same level of outcry fromfrom the media and from those that were
demanding a test on a President Trump'sbehalf for President Biden. I mean,
for kinda allowed, we have somebodythat obviously has some cognitive issues right now,

(01:13:23):
you know, and this recent articlethat came out, proves that it's
not just what we see on aday to day basis from our camera,
but it's behind the scenes as well. It's a scary situation, it's a
national security issue, and it needsto be taken seriously. Well except just
not being taken seriously. It neverwill be. And yet, in spite
of all this, we're still supposedto believe this is a very close election

(01:13:45):
because of those people in the middle. M Oh, give me a break.
I agree. Who's paying attention?Hopefully everybody's starting to pay attention.
I don't know how you can't payattention to all this all right, time
to give away some tickets. Gosee Sticks in Foreigner is the Runningain Aids
and jukebox Heroes stop at the WoodlandsPavilion's gonna be June twenty seconds, so
it's just a couple of weeks fromnow, less than a couple of weeks
from now. Tickets around sell rightnow at Live nation dot com. But

(01:14:08):
you can win a pair from us. Just tell us what year today's timeline's
from about. It was June.Sally Rye becomes the first American female astronaut.
That's great shot at the movie obviouslya lunatic and secured. Eddie Murphy
and dan Ackroyd start in trading places. People like this are a menace to

(01:14:29):
decent society. On TV, whydid did I say something funny? New
Hearts was in its first season.I guess I'm mixed. I'm Larry.
This is my brother Darryl. Thisis my other brother Daryl Good. And
on the radio, you know Eddiebrand is in the top ten with Electric
Avenue. What year was if youknow seven one three two one two fifty

(01:14:51):
eight seventy four, that is sevenone three two one two kt r H.
Good luck. We have ourselves awinner. That would be Robert and
Katie who do the right? Yearis nineteen eighty three. Well done,
Rodney get a pair of ticket seatsticks in Foreigner on June twenty second at
the Woodlands Pavilion. Enjoyed the showand thank you for listening to Houston's Morning
News is US Radio seven forty ktRH Houston Drive Everywhere with the exclusive audio

(01:15:19):
home of NBC's coverage of the twentytwenty four Paris Olympics. Now the latest
news weather fan taffic, It's moreof what matters to you from the John
Morris Services Studios. It is sevenam now here in Houston's Morning News,
I'm Jimmy Barrett along with Sheriff Fryarmonger. Top stories this half our, Trump
in Vegas calls for Biden to gettested. How important will Trump's VP pick

(01:15:43):
b I'm coming up at seven oeight. Moderna has rolled their new COVID
shot into their flu shot. Detailsare coming in the minutes ahead. First,
we're checking out that morning drive.Here's sky Mike. I think everybody's
okay. At pinok Roade Katie Freeway. They've cleared the car fire. That's
out of the way, but westill have a big Smashman Bucky's inbound cars
toast. That's an extra twelve minutesinbound West Sam nordbound. What is this

(01:16:08):
second cheer? That is a wreckat Richmond left lane on the left shoulder.
Actually that's northbound. Also clear KatieFreeway, TC Gesterre. Everybody's fine.
Inbound backed up from the Edwards Theater. Outbound, you're actually spackled worse
from Yale. Looks like nineteen extfer minutes that way toll Bridge. Here
we go with that twelve minute squish. So it's southbound Skymichael A Generator Supercenter,

(01:16:30):
dot Com traffic Center from our KTRHtop tax defenders twenty four hour weather
center for today partly clouding forty percentchance at afternoon shower at thunderstorm with the
hog temperature right about ninety. We'llget to the complete forecast, but Terry
Smith of the Weather Channel in aboutnine minutes. Right now seventy nine at
your officials Severe Weather Station, NewsRadio seven forty k t RH. It
is time now for the news.Here's Sheriff Fryer Morning. Everyone is now

(01:16:55):
seven oh one on news radio sevenforty ktr H and our top story this
hour. We should have a cognitivetest, and before the debate in two
weeks, he should take a drugtest because I'm willing to tag Quoe.
Yeah, got agreement there. DonaldTrump rallying with more than twenty thousand supporters
in Las Vegas yesterday. By theway, the teleprompter broke, the microphone

(01:17:15):
broke for a little while, buthe went on and spoke for more than
an hour anyway, And then therewas old note card Joe Biden ending his
trip to France with yet another gaff. We had to wait all those months
just to get the money for awreck. And because we're waiting. I
mean, it's just it's not whowe are. Yeah, Biden again confusing

(01:17:36):
Iraq with Ukraine. He's done itbefore. The two presidential candidates supposed to
debate on June twenty seventh. Butthe Manhattan guilty verdict against Trump, well,
now the appointed judge who oversaw thatcase, Wan Mershan, is raising
a fuss about Trump's with Trump's legalteam and prosecutors, allegedly about a Facebook

(01:17:58):
post by an alleged cousin of oneof the jurors, implying that the jury
discussed the verdict decided on it inadvance. This was an Alice in Wonderland
case with a mad hatter judge.Yeah, and it continues. Legal analyst
Greg Jarrett on Fox News, whatis the point. What's happening now?

(01:18:19):
The federal gun trial of Hunter Bidenresuming this hour with a defense presenting its
case. It is now seven threeformer president reportedly vetting eight candidates to be
his running mate, with the conventionjust over a month away in Milwaukee.
When it comes to making that choice, there's just one thing Trump needs to
consider. The true criteria is Kengammer or her, whomever it is help

(01:18:44):
him with. It really doesn't matterabout government, it's about winning the election.
Political strategist Bill Miller told k tH it's still hard to predict who
Trump will actually pick. He's talkingto a lot of people, he's asking
for information, so right now,no short list, a lot of candidates
he could be considered and bandied aboutand discussed and whatever. Miller says.
Because of how close this election is, who Trump picks could influence a lot

(01:19:06):
of voters. Ethan Buchanan News Radioseven forty KRH one of those allegedly reportedly
being vetted as Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton. I think that he'll make the right
He'll make a choice when he's readyto make that choice. I'm confident he's
gonna make a good choice for theticket and the party, more importantly,
for the country, Cotton on FoxNews Sunday. By the way, Cotton

(01:19:28):
also called for a January sixth dollinvestigation into the anti Israel demonstrations, especially
that one in Washington on Saturday.One person was arrested. Israel rescued four
of its hostages from Hamas in Gazaover the weekend. Three of them held

(01:19:50):
by a so called journalist. TexasSenator Ted Cruz says Hamas wouldn't have been
able to do any of this withoutthe money that is, it turned out
came from America. If you lookat the last three and a half years,
the single most indefensible foreign policy decisionmade by Joe Biden to the Democrats
if they have flowed over one hundredbillion dollars to Iran, Iran provides ninety

(01:20:14):
percent of the funding for Hamas onehundred billion dollars to Iran by the Democrats.
Cruz was on NEWSMAC Max a groupof Texas House Conservatives, including Conrod's
Steve Toath, they could actually beexpelled by the state GOP because they violated
the establishment's incumbent protection program, becausethey campaigned against those House Republican incumbents who

(01:20:40):
killed school choice and who helped impeachTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton. We just
got off an election cycle where Ibelieved fourteen incumbent loss Many of those were
people who had their challengers endorsed bythe governor. These members were campaigning alongside
them for those conservative challengers, andnow they're trying to be punished for yeah,
Walton's of Texas scorecard. There theyare being punished by the supporters of

(01:21:04):
Dade Feelin, who won his runoffbarely and now faces two challengers for his
speakership, but he's still wielding hispower. According to reports, Phelan Investments
has now evicted the Orange County RepublicanParty from its offices. He was censured

(01:21:24):
by the party over the impeachment ofKen Paxton last year, and yes,
they were renting space from him.Also in Austin, the Travis County DA
seeking to overturn Daniel Perry's pardoned bythe governor. This was the uber driver
who killed a BLM rioter who wasadvancing on him pointing a rifle at his

(01:21:44):
face. But the chances of successare basically zero considering the governor has the
right to grant a pardon. Thisis a dangerous precedent. So you are
trying to overlook or outpower a statesconstitution, which is not going to be
successful. Conservative attorney Michelle Maples saysthis could lead to other states doing the
same, and this play is solelydue to it being an election year.

(01:22:08):
These people just want to win.They just want another notch in their belt.
And they could care what about justice? She says they should focus on
making their city safer rather than politicalgames. Andre Perard, News Radio seven
forty KTRH. We had another violentweekend in and around Houston. We're gonna
have more details on that at seventhirty. It is now seven oh seven.

(01:22:30):
Harris County budget director telling commissioners courtlast week, the county's facing a
deficit of nearly one hundred and thirtymillion dollars. What happened to the surplus?
Former GOP candidate for county Judge AlexandraMieler says local Democrats have been spending
too much for too long. We'llbe talking to her live in just a
few minutes here on Houston's Morning News. At seven twenty, the Astros lost

(01:22:51):
to the Angels nine to seven.They are visiting the Giants Tonight coverage seven
thirty on Sports Talk seven ninety andhere on KTRH. I'm sure for Fryar
in News Radio seven KTRH, stayin touch on your drive in with Jimmy
Verrett and Sheriff Fryer. This isHouston's Morning News. Oh my favorite quote

(01:23:15):
unquote vaccine, which is really justa shot producing combiny. Maderna has something
new for you, saying today thatit's combination vaccine to protect against both COVID
nineteen and influenza. That's right,they combined the two shera, you get
the COVID nineteen shot and you geta flution. Now they're going to keep

(01:23:35):
on experimenting with m RNA. Right, that's exactly what altering? Yeah,
why does your genes? Oh yeahright. According to them, it generated
a stronger immune response adults age fifteenolder when compared with separate shots against the
viruses in a late stage trial,So that's why they put them together.

(01:23:57):
In the study, the combination usingmessenger RNA technolog generated greater antibodies than currently
marketed traditional flu vaccines. Well,that wouldn't be hard to do, because
the currently marketed flu vaccines generally haveabout an any given year of twenty five
to fifty percent success rate. Becauseyou never know for sure which which version
of the flu is coming out,and like of any other virus of mutates,

(01:24:19):
you're measuring your immune response. Well, what immune response? Your spikes,
your spike protein response? What aboutyour B cells? What about everything
else? I don't here, here'smy question knowing, knowing what you know
about past COVID shots, in particularfrom Maderna, who was forced to recall

(01:24:45):
a lot of its COVID vaccines fromEurope. What would make you want to
take this one? What in theworld would make you want to take this
one? You know, I wouldhave to I'd have to put in a
very strong no, thank you orhell no. Yeah, let's go with
a hell no to this seven ten. Time for traffic and whether to go
to that hell no to that stufflike this when you do this, hell

(01:25:08):
that would be a hell to thenote, hell to the no monk.
Let's you know what, put onyour hard hat, Jimmy, you've got
one for Shara here and let's goto the hard work and east side by
the way. Jump on my socialmedia. I made this cool video of
the Hartman from the air Friday.But here's the heartmon Bridge and if you're
playing the home game, we're lookingfrom camera thirteen oh seven. It's pretty
we look good. Baytown to Laport, No problem there, tollbridge all squished

(01:25:30):
up southbound. That's the road worktill September. Just one lane and a
twenty minute drag here six ten southboundSherman Bridge. You rock, that's your
way to get across right now.Waystside's horrible. If you're thinking about that
between Harrisburg and forty five. Thatroadwork is here until this fall. West
Loop we're going down to uptown.That makes sense, right, Terry,

(01:25:50):
We're looking at an extra sixteen minutesheading down to uptown westtern or if you're
going up to uptown, which makesmore sense. We're in good shape from
bell Aeric or some roadspackle here onthe west sam northbound. That's the wreck
on the left shoulder at Richmond.We're packed up from the southwest and Katie
Freeway. Scott for Brookshire's doing thereroute around Pinoak. Morning's Mike, Hey,

(01:26:12):
I'm on ninety eat BoNT at Pinoakand ninety is rolling smoothly this morning.
So if anyone's talking that traffic,get on ninety things. Yeah,
I still got about a six minutesquish from that earlier records the Generator Supercenter
dot Com traffic center from r KTRHtop tax Defenders twenty four hour Whether Senator
Terry Smith is here and we're lookingat pretty much the same forecast every day

(01:26:34):
to start the week. Of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Yeah, it's
not going to change a whole lot, so that just makes life simpler for
us. Morning hours will tend tobe on the quiet side. I'm not
seeing any rain this morning. It'sthe afternoon with the heating of the day
in that front that's hanging around.It's a very weak front, but nonetheless
it's hanging around, and we've gota forty percent chance of showers and storms

(01:26:58):
today, Tomorrow and Wednesday and Thursdaya thirty percent chance of those thunderstorms.
By the end of the week,it's looking dry. As long as we've
got the clouds in the rain.We'll be in the upper eighties to low
nineties through Wednesday, and then withless rain and more sunshine Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, temperatures do heat up, but they'll stay in the load of
mid nineties, so nothing too extravagantat this point. Right now, seventy

(01:27:21):
eight at your officials, Severe WeatherStation News Radio seven forty KRH. It's
Houston's morning News, brought to youby New South Windows Solutions. Now back
to Jimmy and Sherra with the infoyou need to take on the day.
Harris County budget wo was we allknow there's problems with the financial stability of
Harris County and it has to dowith a lot of reckless spending in my

(01:27:44):
estimation. We'll see what Alexandra Meeler, Metro board member, that's what I'd
rather be introducing is Harris County judge. But that aside, we will talk
to her about the budget issues comingup next. First, let's do traffic
and weather together. As we checkout they drive again. Here's guy Mike
Pitch from this tretch so we getmore Alexandra Mieler, Let's check your Katie
Freeway all right. Finally, that'sfacul at pinok. Everybody's okay. By

(01:28:06):
the way, that was inbound KatiePinoak Road. The wreck has gone,
the fire's gone, the cars crispy, and it's out of there. You
got West Park to all the wayback up fourteen sixty four. And also
we cleared KTTC gesture that's out ofthe way, still smashed up from the
Luke Skymichael the Generator Supercenter, dotCom Traffic Center. From our KTRH top
tax Defenders twenty four hour weather centerfor today, Tomorrow and Wednesday, hardly

(01:28:29):
cloudy, forty to fifty percent chancefor an afternoon shower, a thunderstorm,
light tip it. You're right aboutninety right now seventy nine at your official
severe weather station. News Radio sevenforty KTRH. It's time now to get
you caught up on some of ourtop stories. Here, Sharon, It's
seven twenty one on news Radio sevenforty ktr H. Our headlines are sponsored
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(01:28:54):
area this past weekend and even earlythis morning. Texas Children's Hospital GIN under
modification. You know the fact theywere doing it. The whistleblower about it
reportedly has been indicted by the Departmentof Justice on four counts of violating the
Hippa Act. The FBI has releaseddocuments related to its role in the oj

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Simpson murder case. Latest news anytimeat KTORH dot com. Our next update
will be at the bottom of thehour. How bad things are the twenty
twenty four elections? What's really happening? Everything in your world? Here and
abroad News Radio seven forty KTRH.Alexandra Mieler joins us measro board member.

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Former candidate for Harris County Judge.How bad do you see the problem being,
Alexandra, Well, thanks for havingme on, and I think the
problems are very alarming. It's verydisappointing when you think about the once in
a generational opportunity we had to reallyright size the county, and instead of

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using this multi billion dollar opportunity torestore infrastructure, restore criminal justice system,
they've spent all this money really kindof pushed it down the drain to a
bunch of politically connected nonprofits with littleto show for it. Yes, they
send a lot of programs. I'mthinking about the Basic income program, twenty

(01:30:18):
million dollars of federal money. Theproblem is when the federal money runs out,
the taxpayers are left holding the bagfor the administrators, the administration,
the bureaucracy, and the people whohave, on good faith tried to get
this money for themselves. No verywell said share. The largest kind of

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chunk of funding went to jobs andeducation started, both things that are well
outside of the scope. So wespent two hundred million on that. And
what isn't universal basic income? Preschool, jobs training. If we're spending two
hundred million, you should expect somestaggering numbers, but instead we have a
jail that can't pass inspection. Wespent fi steam million a year just trying

(01:31:00):
to send them out of state.County recently voted to at least do some
repairs, but everybody knows we needa new jail, We should be running
night court, we need more lawenforcement in those things that the county is
constitutionally mandated. They have starved thelast few years, and so we just
have this massive bloat and it reallybecomes kind of the rallying call for why

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we need all the listeners to goout and vote in these he catalections,
because for the last ten years,the county has actually run surpluses and we're
running deficits. And one of thebig reasons is they're so backlogged with property
appraisal appeals they're starting to settle them. And so it's why you're seeing this
big effort to try to take controlof that board back, because it's going

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to be more pain for property taxowners as you have type of partisans backed
by the labor unions, all ofRodney Ellis's kind of foot soldiers that don't
want to see citizens have fair propertytax appeals, because that's really one of
the only ways that they're going tobe able to plug this budget is if
they can jacking up your appraisals.Is there an understanding anywhere in Harris County
government that you know, there arecertain core things that the city in a

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county is supposed to do for thepeople, the taxpayers who live there,
public education, the infrastructure that youmentioned, police and fire, of the
public safety issues. Everything outside ofthat is a luxury, is it not
him? Nona? You know,very grateful. We do have our one
conservative, you know, Commissioner Ramsay, who abstutely says deferred maintenance as a

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crime. And when you're staring atthis county that had to take up a
bunch of road bonds just to youknow, do basic road maintenance, and
then you know, took out allthose bonds for flood control. And as
we've seen the areas that flood themost that all also have happen to be
conservatives. They haven't seen any ofthis funding. So a very challenging situation,

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very easily solvable, But to yourpoint, you have to acknowledge what
are the core functions government, andright now they've really seen this as an
opportunity to transform the county, tomake it the kind of hyper progressive patronage
system that's really benefiting a lot ofpolitically connected nonprofits. Patronage is a key
word there, because it's not takingcare of infrastructure. It's social programs going

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to the people who administer the socialprograms, which happen to be the buddies.
Right. No, absolutely, mostof these programs was really sad.
Is if you look at how theykind of break out. The spending at
least thirty percent is all the overhead. You think about it, every time
you used to start a new program, you have to bring in the politically
connected consultants. Then all the administrationwhere you know, as far as dollars

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is even going to an end user, maintaining your storing is going to help
more people. And one of thetests I think of county government is you
know, how quickly can you helpas many people? And all of these
programs they're doing extremely small numbers,you know, maybe six thousand, a
couple thousand, but you're spending tentwenty million for those groups. Yeah,

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or its is something as simple ashiring more law enforcement for getting through the
backlock you know, held hundreds ofthousands of people. It's not about helping
the taxpayers, It's about helping themselves. It feels like, at least to
those of us who are taxpayers.Alexandra, good hear from you. Thanks
for your time. Sure to appreciateit that it's Metro board member Alexandra Mieler.
It's seven twenty seven. Time totake a look at your money,
Courtney Donahoe's here. Hey there,Jimmy will Stops have come back from early

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lows and are now little changed.Traders bracing for Wednesday with a double blow
of consumer price data in the morningand the federals Ave rate decision in the
afternoon. The Federal Reserve is expectedto hold steady recordings on Hope Bloomberg business
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we're traffic plus breaking news twenty fourto seven. This is News Radio seven
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News. I'm Jimmy Barren along withSheriff Ryer, Bunger top stores. This
half hour. We have seven dead, four wounded in the typical Houston weekend.

(01:35:08):
Can you fight crime with license platereaders? And coming up at seven
thirty eight Europe forcing companies to gowoke by law details in the minutes ahead,
you're in Houston's Morning News. First, we're checking out that morning drive
again. Here's sky Mike. Oh, big shot, you got your West
Park Tollway starting to cram up justbefore Highway six. You'll lose about three
or four minutes here Katie Freeway.The normal backup Graham Parkway, and we

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didn't recover outbound from the tcjes Torect. We're still smashed up from downtown Patrick's
on the west side. I mightlight at bill Way eight in north in
the West Park Park out Traffic isbacking up onto the West Park. People
are not cooperating at the four way. Oh, other stations listeners don't know
how to do the four way.It's a Generator Supercenter dot Com traffic Center

(01:35:54):
from our ktr H Generator super Centertwenty four hour weather center for today part
the Claude forty percent chance for anafternoon shower at thunderstorm with the high temperature
right about ninety. We'll get youto the latest on the forecast. When
we talked to Terry Smith at theWeather Channel in about nine minutes. Temperature
right now eighty at your official severeweather station. News Radio seven forty KTRH.
It is time now for the news. Here's Sheriff Fryer. Good morning

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everyone, seven thirty two on newsRadio seven forty KTRH. Our top story
this hour, another violent weekend inand around Houston. We hear like a
what it sounds like a oozy carpassed by and like bir that man with
our TV partner channel too now.One person was killed in that incident,
another injured at a graduation party insoutheast Houston. There were at least eight

(01:36:41):
shootings in the Houston area this weekend. Four people were killed, another seven
were wounded Elsewhere. A man whothreatened to kill himself in stable condition this
morning. He was shot by adeputy in northwest Harris County after pointing a
semi automatic rifle at him. Thedeputy was not hurt. Violent crimeing HBD
is still at least twelve hundred officersshort, relying on license plate scanning cameras

(01:37:06):
to help hold back the bad guys. But sharp more technology does not mean
more safety. These cameras, thoughthey're a force multiplier, they do not
take away from our need for manpower. We need more boost on the ground.
That's Doug Griffith, president of theHouston Police Officers Union. Cameras can

(01:37:28):
help, but violent crime is stilla major problem. It's a good tool,
but it's only that. It's justa tool to go after violent offenders.
But it doesn't change the fact thatwe have to have more manpower on
the streets to go after those.Houston currently leads the nation with over thirty
eight hundred plate reading cameras. JeffBiggs News Radio seven forty kat or h

(01:37:49):
our time now seven thirty three.Executive order of Joe Biden put into place
last week on our border is havingno effect on stemming the disagre aster that
he created. Texas Governor worried aboutwho is coming here. Included among all
the people that Joe Biden is allowinginto the United States are known criminals,

(01:38:13):
people who are wanted for murder,for rape, for assault, very serious
crimes. Abbott was on Fox's SundayMorning Futures. Washington Examiner reporting the border
patrol agents in southern California have beeninstructed to go ahead and just let in
illegal aliens rather than placing them intodeportation proceedings. A move against the so

(01:38:33):
called limited ban on asylum seekers.Yeah, they've reached their limit and keep
on going. Border and shocking crimein the Houston area big focus of Donald
Trump's campaign rally in Las Vegas yesterday. Last year, a father from Pasadena,
Texas came home from work to findthat his eleven year old daughter was

(01:38:55):
strangled to death. Charged with themurder was an illegal alien? Monster?
Do I just infiltrated our border releaseby crooked Joe Biden? Trump referencing the
murder of Maria Gonzalez, a littlegirl, by an illegal alien. More
than twenty thousand supporters at that rallyfor Trump yesterday in Las Vegas. And
there's this hurricane season ten days oldin FEMA. Now, after bank rolling

(01:39:18):
all the support and all the freerides and the housing for illegal aliens,
says their disaster relief fund is goingto run out of money for disaster relief
for us by August. We needto voice our concern. We need to
let them know that this is notwhat we want because no one within the

(01:39:40):
administration is checking on themselves. Noone is policing themselves, no one is
holding them accountable for doing what they'redoing. Retired to ICE agent Victor AVILOI
you tolk Katier. Each people needto speak up, demand that Congress provide
oversight of these federal agencies which arebasically running the country on their own.
Seven thirty five is our time.The Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Well, he's

(01:40:02):
been invited to Congress to testify beforethe House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, but
he said nope, he's busy schedulingconflict. He says he will cooperate,
however, in the future. HunterBiden federal gun trial continues this morning,
with the defense taking the center stage. Is now seven thirty six, looking

(01:40:24):
at our money. Guess what Texasnow becoming? Y'all street. A Dallas
group has filed with the SEC toform the Texas Stock Exchange, touting a
more business friendly approach than the NewYork Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ. Financial
planner Richard Rosso says companies could seethis as a legitimate alternative. You're also
battling against these mandated boardroom diversity quotasor companies that list on the Nasdaq,

(01:40:47):
where Texas Stock Exchange is looking atand tried and true companies and what they're
toosed to look for. You don'thave to be adopting a political value and
a stock exchange. So far,the exchange heared one hundred twenty million dollars
in investments from firms like black Rockand Citadel Securities. The goal is to
launch by next year. Corey JelsonNews Radio seven forty KTRH. We're going

(01:41:10):
to get another temperature check of theeconomy this week. May inflation report will
come out on Wednesday. We addedallegedly two hundred and seventy two thousand jobs
last month, and majority of themwere however in government and social work taxpayer
money. Maybe, who knows whatthat's going to do with interest straightcuts.

(01:41:30):
That's all Wall Street cares about.New research shows American workers are less satisfied
with their jobs than they were justa year ago. Inflation continues to rise,
I think people are going to becomeeven more unsatisfied. They're unsatisfied with
their vacation time because now their dollarsdon't stretch for them to go on that
vacation. They're happy with their bonusesbecause it's still not going to cover the

(01:41:51):
increased costs to the food that theybuy. Workplace culture expert Josh Evans,
He says factors that play into thisor just piling up now, especially for
younger people just starting out. Yeah, they're coming across the reality of the
world. Stro's Loss of the Angelsnine to seven. They visit the Giants.
Tonight coverage starts at seven point thirtyon Sports Talk seven ninety and here

(01:42:13):
on KTRH. I'm surebre Fryer onNews Radio seven forty KTRH need some drainage
work. Daniel Dean Land clearing anddirt work two eight, one, three,
five six dirt I live in sugarLand. Be prepared for wild Houston
weather next on the ten on sevenforty KTRH. The law you ready for

(01:42:33):
this one? Take a list tothe name of this law is the Corporate
Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. What theCorporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. It will
not only apply to companies that arebased in the European Union, but also

(01:42:54):
to any business headquartered in any othercountry that provides products and or services in
the European Union. So that meansthat if you're a United States company selling
products in France and Germany, you'regoing to have to change the way you
do business in order to meet thisnew law that they put into effect.

(01:43:15):
Under the law, businesses will beforced to adopt left wing environmental and social
justice rules. In America, wewould call it ESG Environmental social and Governance
metrics, but in Europe they're callingit due diligence. That's the name they
put on this new law. Itwould force businesses to adopt Europe's ESG rules

(01:43:35):
within their own operations, but alsothroughout much of their supply chains, regardless
of where the companies in the supplychain are located, which means countless businesses
within the United States would be affectedby this law if they want to continue
to do business in Europe. Sowhat kind of things are they going to
be asked or required to do.They can be required to reduce and reverse

(01:44:00):
biodiversity loss, limed water and landconsumption. We're hibit certain kinds of disinformation.
Oh really, what's that? Guaranteedrights for labor unions, and adopt
climate transition plans that phase out fossilfuels. That's just a few of the
requirements. Great seven forty time fortraffic and weather together as no kidding.

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As we check out the drive onceagain, here this guy mane all right,
West Sam. I didn't realize thisaccident on the ramp here. We
had a wreck on the ramp.It's been there for a while. Normally
the ramp stuff doesn't cause a lotof stuff on the main lanes. But
yeah, this is connected here,big shots. I got Greg from Cyprus.
The entire connector wheel shut down,but it looks like it's getting cleared.
All right. That's the West Samsouthbound ramp to the Kdie Freeway,

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and that's pretty much a backup allthe way from the little George Toll Plaza.
Big shots. Let's you know what, you're much better off just doing
two ninety and you've got that smushtrying to head down to uptown after two
ninety to Woodway. But it's alot better than dealing with the West Sam
now. And you know it's badenough. I would jump on Highway six
to get around that. If you'renorth Found, you're okay, North Found.

(01:45:08):
You do have some breaks after theSouthwest Freeway and also Sinco Ranch.
You're part of gram Parkway, theusual squish between Hyland Knowles and Ferry Road.
We just need extra lanes here onthe North Freeway back doors West Road.
You've got east text slower around ladIf you're trying to catch a plane
north sam westbound right around JFK,you lose about two minutes in that hub

(01:45:29):
up that's westbound tilbrid suckage about twelveminutes. And if you're trying to catch
a plane, by the way,let's jump on will Clayton Parkway. I
don't want to tell you to geton the airport connector, but that's probably
your best route. Skymike from theGenerator Supercenter, dot Com Traffic Center from
r ktr H Generator Supercenter, twentyfour hour Weather Center. Terry Smith is
standing by. We're going to havepretty much the same forecast all week long

(01:45:50):
this week, or at least forthe middle part of the week up until
the middle Yeah, for the nextcouple of days, there's not a lot
of change in our overall weather pattern. We'll start the day with some sunshine.
As the heating of the day kicksin, thunderstorms will develop. It's
a forty percent chance of showers andstorms this afternoon, Tomorrow and Wednesday as
well, thirty percent chance of rainon Thursday. Looking drier toward the end

(01:46:14):
of the week is high pressure becomesour primary weather influence Friday and Saturday.
Now temperatures are in check up eighteast to lon nineties today, Tomorrow,
Wednesday, slightly warmer load to midnineties Thursday and Friday. And you know,
as long as the sunshine hangs around, we're going to see those temperatures
on the rise, likely into theweekend. Temperature right now is eighty at

(01:46:35):
your officials Severe Weather Station News Radioseven forty KTRH what you need to know
for the day ahead. This isHouston's Morning News, brought to you by
New South Windows Solutions. Back intwenty twenty one, Virginia was one of
sixteen states that signed on with whatI would call the US two log.

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We're going to follow California's eatings whenit comes to things like air quality.
We're just gonna whatever they pass.We're with US two. We're gonna do
it too well. Governor Glenn Younkinhas rejected that, especially as it relates
to California's electric cars. More thanthat story coming up next. First though,
at seven fifteen time opening up acan of whoop ass what you got
there, skuy Mike, Oh,I just realized we need to put a

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can of scher on this West SAM. This is a southbound We had an
accident on the rimp. Usually thosetend to isolate themselves, but no,
this is all packed up from thesouthbound. And if you're trying to get
down from Cyprus, you're looking atthe hell with it? All right?
Hold your eyes closed there, lookout southbound. You're losing about twenty two
extra minutes trying to make the SAM. So let's go ahead and do two

(01:47:39):
ninety instead. Even the West Park'slooking better, Even though the West Park
has breaks from Highway six Katie Freeway. You need the visors today. You
backed up from Grand Parkway. It'sa drag outbound now from downtown back to
TC Jester Southwest Freeway breaks from HillcroftTollbridge. He lose about fourteen southbound.
I'm Skymichael the Generator Supercenter dot ComTraffic Center from r katrh General Center.

(01:48:00):
Twenty four hour weather center partly cloudyskies forty percent chance of an afternoon shower
thunderstorm, high temperature right about ninety. That's good for today, tomorrow,
and Wednesday. Right now, temperatureis eighty at your officials severe weather station
News Radio seven forty KTRH. Timeto check out some of our top trending
stories in this Monday Here Shay,It's now seven fifty two on news Radio

(01:48:21):
seven forty k TRH. Our headlinesare sponsored by Moral Mechanical. The Hunter
Biden felony gun trial resumes with thedefense in Delaware today. Baltimore's shipping channel
to one that closed with that collapseof the Francis Scott Key Bridge. It's
going to reopen today the channel,not the bridge, but the channel after
its collapse. Well, Jimmy,that big ass Buggies, the original and

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Next on the ten, seven fiftythree is their time here in Houston's

(01:49:09):
barn news All right. In Virginia, Governor Glenn Younkin has said the hell
with this to Governor Ralph Northam andthe state legislature, which voted in twenty
twenty one to follow California's evy automotiveedicts, along with sixteen other states that
did the very same thing. Sohe says, there's no way any anybody

(01:49:30):
who's going to mandate those things goingforward is not going to get elected here
in Virginia. I don't know aboutthat, but I know that ej Antoni
from the Herdge Foundation, er oldfriend there and former Andergy secretary Rick Perry
are glad this happened. Bravo toGovernor Youngkin. He is actually standing up
for his constituents. He is doingwhat the people want. Look, Lizzie,

(01:49:51):
at the end of the day,Americans don't want these electric vehicles forced
upon them. They like their traditional, reliable, internal combustion engines. And
if the fruits and nuts in Californiawant to enforce these kind of mandates,
then go ahead. By all means, states are laboratories of democracy. Everyone
gets to do what they want intheir respective states. And that's why people

(01:50:14):
are leaving California because they don't wantmandates like this. They're sick of the
high taxes, the regulations, etc. There's a reason why everyone's leaving California,
and that's a good reason not toduplicate Californian policies. Well, that's
certainly one of the tenth Amendment thathas to begin with. So that STACE
could be the laboratory of innovation.They could compete against each other, and

(01:50:35):
they need to decide on their ownwhat are the best policies. As a
general rule, we didn't follow California. We went over and competed for California
businesses by not over taxing, overregulating, over litigating, and having a
really good skilled workforce with the accountablepublic schools, and we won that contest.

(01:50:56):
In California has some real challenges ontheir hand, electrical grid being not
one of the least of their problems. They got over there. So evs
are fine. It ought to beleft up to the market for people to
decide whether they want to drive electriccars or not. Here's the bigger challenge.
We don't have the infrastructure for electriccars across the country. I think

(01:51:17):
the idea of electric cars are fine, but if you don't have the way
to fuel them efficiently, and wedon't across the country, I think there
is some abusinally small amount of thesecharging stations across the country. So the
idea that we're going to be inundatedwith electric cars all of a sudden,
like the Biden registration would like coursue, it's not going to happen. Yeah,

(01:51:41):
what do we spend so far?The federal governments spent like five billion
dollars and they've only created three chargingstations something like that. Yeah, I
mean, it's just unbelievable. I'mwondering about that BUCkies. Does BUCkies have
any EV stations? I don't know. You know that one's that's grand opening
today. I go to that oneall the time, and I'm just sayings
big it's well, if you leaveHanilettsville to go to Austin or San Antonio,

(01:52:05):
that's the route I take. Whatare they what are they going to
have at this big ass Buggies thatthey don't have at the other BUCkies?
I mean, how are you gonnafill all that space? More pumps,
bigger store, more food. Theysell barbecue pits at that one. I
mean, this is like one stopshop or anything you might need for the
rest of your life. Get yourgroceries to get your get your food,

(01:52:26):
get your barbecue fixed get all yourelectronics. I mean, it's just an
amazing place. I remember when itfirst opened, and they've just expanded it.
Now it's almost so big nobody cango there anymore. I don't know.
This makes me want to go seeit. Around with Yogi Barro,
it makes me want to go seeit. I think it's time for a
road trip. Listen, y'all,have a great day. See you tomorrow

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morning, bright and early, fiveam. I'll see you this safe at
four am, nine fifty KPRC